LugeTobogganing - Sigulda
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The Blues Christian Oberstolz and Patrick Gruber conquer quests'' today in Sigulda their second European title of his career, returning to success in a competition valid for the World Cup after four years since their last triumph.
Saturday 25 January 2014 4 minutes reading time
Italians, aided by'' absence of the two German double peak, they hired a great fight on the edge of milliseconds with the'' fierce consists of two Russian Vladislav Yuzhakov and Vladimir Makhnutin that for the third consecutive race was one of the great protagonists of the specialty. Oberstolz-Gruber led the dances from the first race and set a new track record of Latvia, and showing up at the starting gate in the final run with a margin of just one thousandth of the major Russian opponents.
In the final descent, Yuzhakov-Makhnutin have once again set a record start but were not clean at the time led a scoring higher than the first run, the Blues however, were exceptional further improving the primacy of'' plant and cutting finish line in first place with 46 thousandths ahead of the Russians.
The victory today, the number 16 of the career of the blue pair, however, must be assessed with cautious optimism ahead of the Olympic Games in Sochi for two reasons: one was missing the most important of the two double-circuit Wendl Artl and Eggert and two-Benecken Oberstolz-Gruber historically have not got great satisfaction in reviews of a day.
The podium was completed by the two times Olympic champions Andreas and Wolfgang Linger, who committed the minor niggles in the first round could join the fight for the victory. The two brothers have preceded the Austrian team-mates Penz Fischler-authors of a great comeback in the second round, and the hosts Sics-Sics that equal their best result of the season.
Try opaque double for the second Italian race consists of the young Ludwig Rieder and Patrick Rastner who had to settle for seventh place as a result of the second run is characterized by a serious mistake entering the stretch faster than the track he has made go back two places since the first round. The two counter-Alto Adige despite this they played a very good season that makes us look with optimism to the coming years.
Canadians also disappoint Walker-Snith who have not gone beyond'' s eighth-place finish and two double U.S. Mortensen-Griffall and Niccum Terdinam thirteenth and fourteenth respectively.
Final Standings World Cup
Wendl 1 / GER Artl Eggert 7702/6303 Oberstolz Benecken GER / ITA Gruber Penz 5484/5445 Rieder Fischler AUT / ITA Rastner 4526 Linger / Linger AUT Walker 4387/4078 Yuzhakov Snith CAN / RUS Makhnutin 3919 Sics / Sics LAT 38110 Mortensen / Griffall U.S. 267
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